EDUCATOR COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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PHONEMIC AWARENESS
Know Speech Sound Manipulation
Recognizing and manipulating individual speech sounds is a deficit for about 15% of the population. This foundational skill is necessary for all other literacy to fall into place. Discover what students need and the best ways to implement.
PHONICS
Understand Correlations Between Sounds and Letters
Once alphabet and phonemic awareness are in place, students need to understand how letters and sounds work together to form words. Learn vowel patterns, diacritical marks, and common prefixes and suffixes.
FLUENCY
Learn Keys to Accurate Writing
As a student gains more decoding skills, they free their working memory from sounding out words to comprehending. Fluency practice for 5 minutes a day practicing word lists with common concepts helps to increase rate and accuracy.



VOCABULARY
Expand Your Student's Body of Words
Over 70% of our English words are created combining Latin and Greek roots. Add that to the original English suffixes, and now you have children building fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Powerful!!
COMPREHENSION
Skills to Expand Students' Understanding of Words
The "Big 7" are comprehension strategies for children to learn and implement in order to be engaged in a variety of senses. Add visuals and manipulatives, and students become active learners with the text.
ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE
Techniques to Teach Letter Names, Shapes and Sounds
Learning the letters of the alphabet is only slightly less demanding than learning how to read. Yet it is essential for a child to recognize the letter names instantly so they are able to attach additional concepts to it as they learn more. This class is full of easily implementable activities and games for your students to get the literacy base they need.